Hi Y'all Spent a few hours this afternoon at the refuge. Went to Tower Pool first and had the following Wilson's Phalarope (1) same bird hanging on ...
Unfortunately, we haven't seen/heard the male EASO for a week. (We DID hear a Great Horned a couple of nights.) The female is absent from the nest for long...
Sorry about that previous message-less message. This morning I found an all white gull sitting on the roof of Angelo's Restaurant in Ochlockonee Bay. It was...
southmoonunder@...
May 2, 2004 2:00 pm
2018
This morning ran into Tom Curtis at the lighthouse and found Whimbrel, Wilson's Plover and Least Bittern - thanks Tom! -S.P.McCool / http://www.swamphen.net/ ...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
May 2, 2004 5:48 pm
2019
I took my Friday bird class to the Landfill and holding ponds here in Ft. Walton Bch. The two White-faced Ibis were still present at the landfill, one in each...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
May 2, 2004 10:47 pm
2020
This morning I observed that at least two families of Cardinals have fledged young... Summer is comin', even tho I froze last night! (Low temp was 43...!) ...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
May 4, 2004 4:24 pm
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Tuesday evening at about 7:00 pm I had a flock of about 50 Cedar Waxwings come into a tree in my backyard. I counted 43 but there were more than that. Ed...
Edwwjr@...
May 5, 2004 5:30 am
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At Railroad Square, also on Tuesday, at about 6:20 p.m., as I sat in the backyard of the Mickee Faust Clubouse, I heard a noise behind me and soon realized...
Lang, Nancy
LangN@...
May 5, 2004 1:37 pm
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Warning, This is a long post filled with lots of great birds. If you are only interested in the BLACK RAIL, skip to the 5th paragraph. I tried out doing a big...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
May 6, 2004 6:01 pm
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Elizabeth Wells and I made a quick trip to Tram Road during lunch Thursday. We had several hundred kites with the Mississippi outnumbering the swallow tailed...
Edwwjr@...
May 6, 2004 7:15 pm
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Hi Folks Julie and I went birding with Ed Woodruff today who kindly offered to drive down to Bald Pt. State Park, Alligator Pt. Mashes Sands and Bottoms Rd. We...
Had a trifecta at Alligator Point this afternoon: WESTERN KINGBIRD: Fiesta Drive, on the powerlines at "F-21". BOBOLINK: Lifer! Female, in the sandy field on...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
May 9, 2004 1:27 am
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I was participating in the North American Migration Count yesterday, and I found a Scissor-tailed Flycatcher on Okaloosa Island. The bird was at the Eglin...
Alan W. Knothe
birdman8@...
May 9, 2004 3:44 pm
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I saw the Glaucous Gull again this evening (7 pm) on the roof of Angelo's Restaurant. Although stopping on the bridge is probably prohibited, that's where...
southmoonunder@...
May 10, 2004 1:48 am
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On Saturday, I saw 2 Bobolink pairs in SM/NWR. They were on the large body of water to the left of the dike trail that continues straight past Tower pond, The...
Joseph Dodge
jdodge@...
May 10, 2004 2:36 pm
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At 5 p.m. today (Monday 5/10) Dottie and I observed the Glaucous Gull, which appears to be a second year bird (?), on the roof of Angelo's Restaurant, which is...
KM1DOT2@...
May 11, 2004 2:44 am
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The GLAUCOUS GULL was on the roof at Angelo's Restaurant, at the north (east) end of the US-98 Ochlockonee Bay Bridge, at about noon today. -S.P.McCool /...
Swamphen
speedyg@...
May 12, 2004 5:18 pm
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Hey, y'all! Just wanted to share a report from Gray Bass at the Blackwater Fisheries Center (NE of Milton) that he had a Wilson's phalarope there last week. ...
Hi Julie, a couple of friends and I were in the parking lot of Atlanta Bread Co. off Governor's Square Blvd this morning when we heard a racket above. Looking ...
Some highlights from Sunday (05/16)... Western Kingbird Yellow-breasted Chat White Pelican (2 - one in peak breeding plumage...bright red legs, yellow on face,...
southmoonunder@...
May 17, 2004 2:47 pm
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Hi Birders, Just returned from the Beach Cottages near the Lighthouse on Pensacola Bay east of Big Lagoon. Early each morning this week I enjoyed cool breezes...
Barive@...
May 21, 2004 12:24 am
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Hi Im writing this message on behalf of Julie Brashears. Julie paid a visit to the fisheries (which is NE of Milton) today and had the following; Northern...
On Thurs. 5/20 Gail Menke, Grayal Farr, and I met at the Tram Road S.E. Farm to count kites. As you may know, kites aren't at all interested in being counted...
Michael Evans and I birded from Tiger Hammock Road to St. Marks and across to Alligator Point on Saturday. We had a yellow breasted chat at the power line ...
Edwwjr@...
May 22, 2004 8:24 pm
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Hi all, I had my first glimpse of an owlet today since hatching on 5/1. The male disappeared during the last week of April so the female has done a great job! ...
Elizabeth Wells, Marvin Collins, Michael Evans, and I visited the Tram Road WTP Thursday at noon. The fields have recently been mowed and so the number of ...
Edwwjr@...
May 28, 2004 2:21 am
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Michael Evans and I birded around Tallahassee Saturday morning. At Black Swamp West (by the FSU golf course) between 8:00 and 9:15, we had great looks at ...
Edwwjr@...
May 29, 2004 4:55 pm
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Don't laugh, but my mother-in-law saw a brown creeper this past Memorial Day weekend! We were camping at Three Rivers State Park, on Lake Seminole, Jackson...
I made a quick trip to Tram Road at lunch Thursday and managed to arrive between storms. Had about 40 Mississippi Kites at a distance. No swallow-tailed ...
